by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | News, Outreach, Tohoku Hope Concert
Members of the a cappella group INSPi performing at a school in Tohoku More than a year has passed since the great earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the northeastern coastal areas of the Tohoku region in Japan. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people in the...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ChinaRA, News
Mr. Hiromasa Ikeda (second from left) accepts the honorary title on behalf of his father, the Min-On founder On July 2, 2012, the Institute of the Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Theater from Xi’an, China, bestowed the title of Honorary President on Min-On founder...
by Peter | Apr 28, 2012 | Czech RepublicRA, News, Orchestral
The Czech Phil Brass in concert The Czech Philharmonic Brass has been at the pinnacle of the Czech cultural tradition of brass performance for several decades. This virtuoso brass ensemble was formed in 1973 at the initiative of Miroslav Kejmar, principle trumpet with...
by Peter | Apr 25, 2012 | KazakhstanRA, Lectures, News, Outreach
Kazakh folk music performance at the Min-On Music Museum On the afternoon of April 25, President Mukhamediuly Arystanbek and a delegation from the T. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts consisting of 15 music students and five faculty members, visited the Min-On...
by Peter | Apr 14, 2012 | Cultural Exchange, News, Orchestral, United KingdomRA
Charlotte Rothschild and Simon Over In response to requests from enthusiastic audiences during her last Japan tour, Min-On hosted a soprano recital entitled Flower Songs in All Seasons by the internationally renowned singer Charlotte de Rothschild to a full house at...
by Peter | Jan 15, 2012 | News, Orchestral
Yuzo Toyama It may be a custom unique to Japan: Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 is played annually during the year-end season by many orchestras and choral groups all over Japan, a custom that originated with the NHK Symphony Orchestra sometime in the 1940s in Tokyo. The...